Fast Facts

The tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant. Our eyes are always the same size from birth. Earth is not round, it is slightly pear-shaped. On average, people move house every 7 years. Mel Blanc, who played the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots. In this directory you’ll discover many more fascinating Fast Facts.

On any day on earth there are on average 35 earthquakes and some 44,000 storms. Lightning strikes the earth 100 times every second.

Those are all acts of God, one may argue, but us humans don’t make it any easier on mother earth. Every year more than 2 million cases of arson are reported, and more than a million trees are chopped just to make toothpicks.

Not all is gloom, however: 200 million couples make love – and 400,000 babies are born – every day.

Food for thought

Stephen Baldwin worked in a pizza parlor, Jean-Claude Van Damme delivered pizzas, Bill Murray was a pizza maker, Madonna worked at Dunkin’ Donuts, Julia Roberts worked in an ice cream parlor, Queen Latifah worked at Burger King, Andie McDowell worked at McDonalds, as did Quintin Tarentino, Jennifer Aniston worked as a waitress in a burger cafe. There’s hope for all of us! Also see Real names of famous actors